Senior Embedded Engineer: Real-Time Hardware-Software Architect

Ignite Next GmbH; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AIM Solutions, a hardware-centric startup in Eindhoven, seeks an Embedded Engineer who owns the bridge between instrument hardware and acquisition software. You will integrate cameras, frame grabbers, motion controllers, and FPGA timing hardware to deliver a synchronized, reliable scan.

You’ll write C/C++ and Python drivers, work with vendor SDKs, and collaborate across System, Mechatronics, Application and Algorithm teams to move from prototype to a reproducible tool.

Qualifications

• MSc in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Applied Physics or related field.
• Hands-on experience with hardware integration in lab environments.
• Strong C/C++ and Python, with vendor SDKs and drivers on Windows and Linux.

Responsibilities

• Design the trigger and acquisition architecture that synchronizes camera exposure, stage motion and laser pulses.
• Integrate industrial cameras and frame grabbers through interfaces and vendor SDKs, from driver setup to high-rate acquisition.
• Integrate motion controllers and positioning stages via vendor APIs and controller scripting, including commissioning and tuning.
• Develop FPGA-based timing and I/O for triggering and position-synchronized acquisition.
• Write driver and control layers in C/C++ and Python for the scan and reconstruction software.
• Own the instrument PC and lab network setup: PCIe hardware, high-speed Ethernet, IP planning and device discovery.
• Bring up and debug hardware in the lab with oscilloscope, logic analyzer, and network captures; document interfaces and timing budgets.
• Participate in code reviews and move from prototype to reproducible, maintainable tool.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Hardware triggering

FPGA development

Linux driver development

Networking

Git

Education

MSc in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Applied Physics or related field

Tools

Vendor SDKs

PCIe

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Ethernet interfaces

Job description

AIM Solutions, a hardware-centric startup in Eindhoven, seeks an Embedded Engineer who owns the bridge between instrument hardware and acquisition software. You will integrate cameras, frame grabbers, motion controllers, and FPGA timing hardware to deliver a synchronized, reliable scan.

You’ll write C/C++ and Python drivers, work with vendor SDKs, and collaborate across System, Mechatronics, Application and Algorithm teams to move from prototype to a reproducible tool.